Release Notes: 2017 Q4

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Styling of text element

This is a new styling of text elements. It will give the element a white background, a coloured side bar, and a slightly smaller font. It can be useful to visually distinguish content.

In the element properties, under Appearance, select 'Wit met Zijlijn' and choose one of the TU Delft theme colours:

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Dynamic content overview - Card Layout

News and Agenda items are usually displayed in what is called a Dynamic Content Overview. The news / agenda feed on your page is one as well. There are several overview templates available, but there was great demand for a template that displayed the search results in a card layout. This has now been introduced, an example can be seen on the right.

Also, check out more Card Layout display options!

Styling is determined by the available content of the result pages, as well as custom settings in the overview element. All card variations (normal, half height, horizontal, and horizontal half height) are available to choose from, as well as the number of results per row.

Because the overviews are difficult to set up properly, changing from your current template to this new template is not done by editors. Please contact your local content manager to apply for this overview template.

TU Delft Brazil collaboration on ultrasound imaging

TU Delft researcher Dr. Martin Verweij and USP researcher Dr. Theo Pavan were awarded the SPRINT grant to explore potential collaboration in the field of ultrasound imaging. Martin Verweij and Djalma dos Santos (PhD student) participated in a collaborative exchange facilitated by the São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration (SPRINT) program.

Ridesourcing platforms (like Uber) thrive on socio-economic inequality

💰 Ridesourcing platforms (like Uber) thrive on socio-economic inequality 💰 This is the central finding of the recently published research in Scientific Reports by Arjan de Ruijter, Oded Cats & Hans van Lint. Their work investigates how socio-economic disparities in an area impact ridesourcing platform operations, revealing how these platforms capitalise on the vulnerable position of their drivers (to the detriment of their earnings). 📑 Access the full paper: https://lnkd.in/eFrVfNdF 📊 No time to dive into the full paper? Check out this infographic for a concise summary of the research and its main takeaways.

Learning for Life – 10 years of empowering global learners

Learning for Life – 10 years of empowering global learners “I believe in a culture where it is the most normal thing in the world to keep developing and to keep learning throughout one’s life” - says Minister Mariëlle Paul. With these words, the Dutch Minister for Primary and Secondary Education addressed distinguished guests, speakers and TU Delft staff at the Learning for Life symposium held on 4 April to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the TU Delft Extension School for Continuing Education. And what a difference ten years can make! Vice-Rector Magnificus and Vice-President Education Rob Mudde echoed Minister Paul’s remarks that lifelong learning and development are now more essential than ever before, in a world that is changing at a rapid pace and facing major challenges that we must tackle together. “We believe this is so important that we have made it an official core task at TU Delft – to provide adult learners with quality and accessible learning opportunities for professional and personal development throughout their lifetime with an aim to build a better society together.” Government Education Agenda A goal that links strongly with the core of the government’s Education Agenda for Lifelong Learning – an agenda, said Minister Paul, that demonstrates the willingness to take steps – “whether by exploring how educators and the business community can work together even better or by examining the possibility of embedding continuous education in Dutch law." One example of such government support is the LLO Katalysator initiative whereby universities, colleges and secondary vocational schools are collaborating with business and governments to give a strong boost to continuous education. This has just awarded the Extension School €2 Million in funding to further professionalise the organisation, making it ever more demand-oriented and responsive to the needs of employers, workers, and job seekers. Driven by passion “Creating and sharing knowledge is at the essence of what we do” stated Mudde, “and we are passionate about highlighting the power of science, engineering and design as agents of transformation". With this passion at the core, the Extension School launched as an innovation programme to offer TU Delft’s open and online education across the world. Starting with just two MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) on the edX.org platform – it has now reached 4.3Million enrolments worldwide and offers a growing portfolio of over 250 (online) courses and 50 programmes. “We have greatly expanded our reach and offer learners across the world a wide range of courses in key areas of expertise, focussing on themes of societal relevance such as the energy transition, sustainable cities and transportation and medical technology,” said Willem van Valkenburg, Executive Director. “The portfolio also covers new technologies and developments, such as quantum and AI, data and digitalisation – whilst equipping engineers with interdisciplinary skills and competencies to be the changemakers the world needs". Global impact Ten years on, the Extension School is embedded in the University Corporate Office and responsible for actualising TU Delft's Lifelong Learning Strategy, supporting and collaborating with the faculties and working with industry partners, government initiatives, and innovative educational organisations and consortia. “We are very proud of the positive impact our educational offer continues to have on the personal and professional lives of millions of individuals – and through them on society at large,” asserted Van Valkenburg, “and the benefits have extended to and enriched campus education – for example through an 82% reuse of course materials, exciting new teaching and learning approaches, and insights from learner-analytics research.” With about 35 international awards to its name, the organisation strongly profiles TU Delft as a leader in the field of lifelong learning – a position and outreach that it is looking to expand even further. Lively discussion and hands-on sessions The recollection address on ‘how it all began’ by Anka Mulder, President Executive Board Saxion University of Applied Science and former Vice-President TU Delft Executive Board, was followed by the inspiring symposium’s keynote by Norman Jackson, Emeritus Professor at the University of Surrey. Professor Jackson talked about the significant role that educators play at this critical junction in human history in helping people develop in ways that not only fulfil present personal, economic, and societal needs but also ensure that they contribute to a sustainable future beyond their own existence. A series of breakout sessions on innovations and best practices in lifelong learning led by internal and external experts generated lively discussions – contributing to reflections on the challenges and opportunities that face educational institutions and their partners in industry and society with regard to the current and future offer of Learning for Life. The interactive art installation ‘infrared projector’ by the student collective Emergence Delft added a creative layer to the collaborative, inspirational and innovative spirit of the symposium. Thank you to all who shared in the celebration – and to all our academics, educational experts, industry and educational partners, and our learners. Here's to another 10 years! Happy anniversary to you all. See the symposium page – for the detailed programme, including video, photos, and presentations. Read more about the TU Delft Extension School or explore our courses and programmes .

ERC Grant awarded to Daniele Ragni for research on predicting aeroacoustics

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced that Daniele Ragni will receive an ERC Consolidator Grant for his research on noise caused by the interaction of rotors with airframe components. The ERC Consolidator grant is aimed at researchers with 7 to 12 years of post-PhD experience and spans a duration of five years, providing ample support for groundbreaking research endeavors.

Scholarships Abroad Sessions: 30 April – 2 May

Scholarships for your exchange Are you going abroad for your study programme in 2024-2025? Would you like to receive additional funding for your time abroad? Come join us for one of our scholarship abroad presentation sessions to find out more. Presentation for Erasmus+ Exchange (EU destinations) 30th April live session 13:00 – 13:30 in lecture hall: Echo-Lecture Hall A Or 30th April Evening online session 19:00 – 19:30 Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 313 638 824 828 Passcode: fhhCaB Presentation for Internship and research grant 1st May live session 13:00 – 13:30 in lecture hall: Echo-Hall B Or 1st May Evening online session 19:00 – 19:30 Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 385 007 011 511 Passcode: ERjSpQ Presentation for Non-EU destinations 2nd May live session 13:00 – 13:30 in lecture hall: Echo-Lecture Hall A Or 2nd May Evening online session 19:00 – 19:30 Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 390 945 129 780 Passcode: pb8uvY Please register and let us know which session you will attend. If you have any questions, contact us at outgoingglobal-esa@tudelft.nl .

Going underground to accelerate the heat transition

The geothermal energy well at TU Delft campus will soon start heating various buildings on campus and in the city of Delft. But it provides insufficient heat in winter, and excessive heat in summer. Adding underground seasonal storage allows surplus summer heat to be put to good use in winter. Martin Bloemendal and his team develop the means to make integration of such an underground seasonal buffer possible at a large scale.

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Tabs as Grid Elements

What changed?

Tabs were difficult to manage, especially when you wanted to re-use and swap content from other pages. Therefore, the tab element has been redesigned for a more user-friendly interface, a better overview of the embedded content, and the added possibility to cut/paste and reference elements in it.

The old Tab element still exists and is not automatically replaced, but will be phased out. For this purpose, the old version has been disabled for editing. In the following weeks, we'll be changing all existing Tab Elements to Tabs Grids. Should you however come across an old Tab Element and you find yourself unable to edit it, please contact your local content manager.

How can I create a new Tabs Grid?

Tabs Grids are created like all other grids. When creating a new element, under Grid Elements, select Tabs grid. This will place a grid on your page with 5 rows, each row representing one of the tabs.

  • The Header in the first element of each tab will also be the title of that tab. So for instance, in this case, the Header of this text element ('How can I create ...') is adapted as Tab title.
  • You can select a colour theme by editing the Tabs Grid properties; under Appearance, select a theme (see fig.)
  • If you don't put any content in a tab, it will be invisible.

 

Any tips and tricks?

When you don't want to start a tab with a header (for instance, when it's an image), you still need to tell Typo3 which title to use for this tab. You can do so by creating a 'Header Only' element, and under Type, select 'Hidden'. This will not show the header inside your tab, but it will be adopted as Tab title.

 

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Youtube video in Header Slider

It is now possible to put a video in the Header Slider on top of any page. 

If you want to add a Youtube video to your header-slider, just paste the youtube URL in the link field of a slide; a play button will be shown on your slide, and a pop-up style video will play when the button is pushed.

Like all slides, this feature also requires you to upload an image.

View an example!

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Full Width page template

This page combines the regular Content page with the Homepage. Its features are identical to the Homepage format in many ways, but it adds the bread crumb on top, so visitors can easily find their way back.

This layout was frequently created with a workaround (Content Page with Left Column, combined with specific element settings), which is why an official option has been included instead. 

To create this layout, go to the page properties, under Appearance, select the Backend Layout 'Content page that is full width'.
(feature renaming can hopefully be included in our next release)

This page is actually an example of this layout. Click 'To Top' to view the breadcrumb.

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Special Page template

This is another new page template (see: Full Width page template). This layout is designed for a long-read format, by dividing the screen in two halves; the left one is designated for images, the right one for all content. There is also a special connection between picture and content, enabling a nice scrolling experience.
Try it out!

This layout is particularly useful for magazine-style pages.

To create this layout:

  • go to the page properties; under Appearance, select the Backend Layout 'Special Page' (see fig.).

  • On this new page, create a new element; under Grid Elements, select Special Container (see fig.). This grid consists of two columns.

  • In the left column, you place a 'Special Image' element.
    This is the image that is displayed stationary alongside the scrolling content on the right; when the visitor is at the end of the content in this Special Container, the image will scroll up, and display the next Special Container.

  • In the right column, you place a normal 100% Grid element.

  • In the element properties of this Grid Element, under Appearance, select 'Used for content on special pages..' (see fig.).

  • Inside this 100% grid, you can place all elements to your liking.

The last steps, creating a 100% grid, are necessary to create the Special layout as it was designed. This element layout compresses the width of the elements within - otherwise, the text would run the entire width of the column.

 

View the new Special Template

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Facts and Figures element

This is a new element to display, for instance, facts and figures.

To create this, add a new Fact element inside a grid. Under Theme, select the header colour.
Then, edit the grid properties, go to the tab Appearance, and choose a background colour under 'Theme'.

Please note: the fact element only properly works in combination with this coloured grid background.

What is the coolest new feature?
Fact Element
How many features are in this new release?
40
Number of new features
11

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Coloured grid background

The background colour feature for grids can also be used without a fact element. It may for instance be useful for magazine-type pages, to highlight a specific text.

Two layout guidelines:

  • Dont overdo it! These coloured grids are very dominant. Don't create an abstract piece of art.
  • See if you should add top and bottom margins (under Appearance), to prevent the grid from overlapping with other elements. 

To create this, edit the grid properties, go to the tab Appearance, and choose a background colour under 'Theme':

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Notification element

This element can be used to draw attention to a certain part of your website, or a call-to-action (for instance, when an application deadline is approaching). You can add one or two buttons. The element is available in all TU Delft theme colours.

To create this, add a new Notification element. Enter a header, text, and theme, and, optionally, one or two buttons. The buttons can either be white or transparent.

Notification element

These are not the only release notes; they are only the new elements. Check out our improvements and bug fixes!

Improvements Bug fixes

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Read More-toggle

This option allows you, in a Text element, to hide paragraphs under a 'read more'-line (as seen below).

To create this, in the Rich Text Editor (RTF) of the Text element, stand in the text on the desired location. Click on 'Insert Custom Element', then 'Tudelft', then 'Insert Readmore'. An orange marker will appear in your text.

To demonstrate this, a piece of literary history:

Alice

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head. ‘Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,’ thought Alice; ‘only, as it’s asleep, I suppose it doesn’t mind.’Read more

The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it: ‘No room! No room!’ they cried out when they saw Alice coming. ‘There’s plenty of room!’ said Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of the table.

‘Have some wine,’ the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.

Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. ‘I don’t see any wine,’ she remarked.

‘There isn’t any,’ said the March Hare.

‘Then it wasn’t very civil of you to offer it,’ said Alice angrily.

‘It wasn’t very civil of you to sit down without being invited,’ said the March Hare.

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Image side caption

An option has been added to display a caption next to an image. This was a feature in the original design, and works well in storytelling articles.

To create this, go the the element properties, under Appearance, and choose 'Image fullwidth with caption'.
On the General tab, under Description, fill in the caption text.

The caption can now be placed next to the image.

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